2019: Keyamo Appointed Spokesman For Buhari’s Campaign + The Amaechi Connection
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Festus Keyamo (SAN) as the Director, Strategic Communications for his 2019 presidential campaigns. By this appointment, Keyamo becomes the official spokesperson for Buhari’s campaign for the 2019 presidential poll. The letter informing him of the appointment was…
Opinion: CBN’s Unconventional Silence On Interest Rate By – SOLA ONI
Views expressed and positions taken on any economic policy by the Managing Director, Financial Derivatives Company, Mr Bismark Rewane, cannot be ignored. He has paid his due. Prior to the much-delayed first meeting in the year of the Monetary…
Chibok: Abducted Girls Spend Four Years In Captivity As FG Promises Continued Negotiation
Saturday, April 14th will make it exactly four years since 276 pupils of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were kidnapped by Boko Haram as they prepared to sit for their West African Senior School Certificate Examinations. In…
Tension In Akwa Ibom As Governor’s Aide Joins APC
Mr. Ibanga Etang, an aide to Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, has defected to the All Progressive Congress. A few months ago, the governor’s Special Assistant on Electoral Matters, Mr. Chris Okorie, also dumped the People’s…
Minna Court Jails Three Men For Stealing Dog
A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday sentenced three men to 12 weeks imprisonment for stealing a dog. The convicts, Isaac Saba, Philip Daniel and Ayo Ojo, were earlier arraigned on a two-count of conspiracy and theft. They all…
Buhari: Short-Cut To Igbo President Of Nigeria?
It was not too long ago just a whispering campaign by some Igbo Buharists that the quickest way to achieve the dream of enthroning a Nigerian president from the Southeast was to ensure President Muhammadu Buhari returns for a second…
Baru To Nigerians: Don’t Pay More Than N145 For Petrol
The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, has urged Nigerians not to buy petrol from any filling station selling above the government approved pump price of N145. He said this barely 24 hours after the Department of…
Alleged Murder: Sani Cries Out, Says El-Rufai Planning To Implicate Him
Lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Senator Shehu Sani, has alleged that Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State is planning to implicate him in a murder case. Sani, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday night,…
No Way! Court Stops EFCC From Seizing Patience Jonathan’s $8.4m, N7.35bn
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to seize the funds in 15 bank accounts linked to Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The funds, which the EFCC sought to…